> Of course, in practice, there's no reason not to not chose numbers> of exactly the same length, but that's different from that condition> being an absolute necessity.

Idiot.

Please point out where I said that p and q being the same size was anabsolute necessity??? I simply said that the moduli were constructedwith p and q having the same bit length. I described THE WAY IT WASDONE. I did not say "it is necessary that p & q have the same length".

Now, given all of this, there IS a reason why p & q have the samelength.I will mention two words: "interoperability" and "standards". Reade.g. Fips-140,ISO-9796, IEEE-1363, ANSI-X9.31, etc.

Next time, try comprehending what you read before you shoot your mouthoff.